Legislators at the Adamawa State House of Assembly have taken steps towards legislating on a bill for a law to increase the retirement years of the staff of the judiciary in the state.
The move has yielded a positive result as a bill to that effect titled, "a bill for a law to increase the retirement years of the staff of the judiciary" has successfully scaled through 2nd reading during Wednesday's sitting.
Due to its importance to the staff of the judiciary, the bill which was placed on notice on Monday, was read for the 1st time on Tuesday and 2nd time on Wednesday respectively.
The 1st and 2nd reading of the bill followed a motion by its sponsor and member representing Verre constituency, Hon. Abdullahi Umar Yapak and seconded by Hon. Bathiya Wesley(Hong) and Abdullahi Ahmadu (Lekko Koma) respectively.
Already, the Speaker of the assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, has referred the bill to the house standing committee on judiciary for legislative inputs and given 3 weeks within which to submit its report for further action.
MEWS PLATFORM gathered that if passed and assented to by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, the retirement years of the entire judiciary staff shall be 40 years by service and not 35 as currently obtained and 65 years and not more 60 by age.
According to the merits of the bill, no staff shall be retired compulsorily except he or she is in a breach of the provision of the law or condition of his or her service.
While the bill was initiated by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria(JUSUN) Adamawa state chapter, some officials of the union including the secretary, Wawi E. Wawi, Legal Adviser, Aminu Abdulkadir Maiha and Fxenty Jonathan are working round the clock to ensure its passage.
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